She might design a purse! Because of our Charlotte Mason style homeschool, I’ve encouraged handicrafts such as sewing, crocheting and knitting from the very beginning. I’ve enlisted the help of a 90+ year old neighbor, a grandmother and a 4-H sewing class – for, you see, I’m not good at any of these skills! Mahayla…
It’s hard to believe we just celebrated the 4th birthday of my littlest! I love this picture from the party of my three kiddos with their great grandparents. They are blessed to still have three great grandparents in their lives!
Preschool Lessons for the Letter H (This post contains affiliate links.) We painted hand after hand to make these colorful handprints. Cutting playdough shapes in half is an easy way to teach early fractions. We couldn’t pass up playing Hi Ho Cherry-O this week. A game called The wHole Picture teaches matching in a unique…
Preschool Lessons for the Letter G (This post contains affiliate links.) All of the printables in this post came from Confessions of a Homeschooler. She has a great resource of activity ideas and free pages for all the letters of the alphabet! This simple cutting activity turned construction paper into grass for our alphabet wall…
The history of Ancient Israel is now under our belts! I have to admit that I swerved from the textbook a tad during this unit to add several hands-on ideas that I simply couldn’t pass up from Old Testament Days. This unit study guide is perfect for active learning! Below you’ll find a mixture…
Preschool Lessons for the Letter F (This post contains affiliate links.) Creativeness failed me during our study of the letter F. That and the fact that this week was b-u-s-y! Foam fruit was sorted, graphed and used to fill in our F template. All the fun printables of this post came from Confessions of a…
Another field trip bites the dust. More than a simple field trip, though, this one was life changing! The National Missionary Convention was held this past weekend in Lexington, and because our church registered, we were able to attend for free. You know me and field trips, I wasn’t about to pass up a free…
(This post contains affiliate links and links to my business website, Shining Dawn Books.) Games for Homeschooling? During my workshops about creative homeschooling and living math, I often talk about incorporating games into the school schedule. If your family has an established game night, you probably already know how educational many board and card games…
Preschool Lessons for the Letter E (This post contains affiliate links.) Eli wrote his very first word! This chubby little construction paper elephant became part of our alphabet wall. Measuring edges is easy with nonstandard measurement tools like animal crackers. A bingo marker makes for a fun tactile experience with letter formation – not to…
Ancient Civilizations and the Bible continues to be a huge hit – with me AND my children. There is so much more than we could ever use contained in the pages of this book! Since I last wrote about history, we’ve been on a journey through Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt. Below are a just a…
Preschool Lessons for the Letter D (This post contains affiliate links.) The letter D was more fun than any other so far! There are just so many things having to do with D words… Edible playdough made from peanut butter was so much fun to play with. I cut out the pieces to this dinosaur…
Science and history have always been “together” studies. In the past, we’ve almost always used unit studies for these subjects since they can so easily be manipulated to fit the needs of each particular child. In other words, we can learn the exact same things together, but each child can complete projects, writings and/or tests…